Type-holder.



UN TED STATES rarmr canton.

HARRY C. GAMMETER, F BRATENAHL. OHIO. ASSIGNOR 0 THE AMERICAN MULTI-GRAPH COMPANY. OF CLEVELAND. OHIO. A CORPURATION 6F OHIO.

TYPE-HOLDER.

Application filed May 24. 1909.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 497.905.

To 117/ Uf/I HH ifmag/ concern Beit known that I HARRY (iuiina'rnn. acitizen of the United States. resuihng at liratenahl, in the county ofCuyahoga and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

The object of this invention is to provide a very simple and efficientdevice for holding type in a confined line, while allowing theremoval-of any individual type for the p purpose of correction. Y

My typeholder is designed particularly to cooperate with grooved type,for example the type grooved on its opposite sides shown in my PatentNo. 836,026. My holder may cooperate with a suitable type case ormagazine and havetype assembled in it either by nand or otherwise, andit may be employed in conjunction with, a printing machine or formholder for the purpose of installing the various-lines thereon orremoving a line to enable one or more type to be corrected.

In its preferred form my type holder is embodied in a tube having alongitudinal. slot, which form of holder is also my inventionirrespective of the correcting enlargement.

In the drawings. Figure lis a View of my typeholder with various typethere1n; Fig. 2 is a front elevation-of arotary print ng machine with mytype holder cooperating therewith; Fig. 3'is an enlarged view of theholder adjacent to its central portion; Figs. 4: and 5 are transversesections of the typeholder on the corresponding number of lines of Fig.3; Fig. 6 is a perspective View of type subst-antially as shown in myprior patent referred to, and which may be used in the present holder.

My holder. in its preferred form, comprises a split tube A, the tubebeing sub-' of ad acent rails.

stantially cylindrical. and the split being in i I l l the form of alongitudinal slot 0 through I the wall of the tube. The widthof thisslot is slightly greater than the width of the g shank t of the type T.which are adapted to p maclnneassembiage or the type. but 18 aiso beconfined in the holder. Accordingly such type may be assembled byshoving them endwise into the slot, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 3 and 5.

To pr picked out of the line.

the type passing out of the holder. i have one or more spring clips R,which ar'v preterably made of metal and are adapted to be sprung aroundthe tube and embrace it for something more than half its circumference.\Yhen these clips extend across the slot 1!, as shown in Figs. .1. 2 and5. they form etiec- .lPatentcd Fehnt. tilt 3.

tive stops. the. friction of the clip on the tube holding it in place.To free the line of type, the clip may either be sprung oii the holderaltogether or rotated thereon until the opening between its ends 7)extends across the slot.

To allow the removal of any particular type in the line, I provide at acertain point in the holder an enlargement a. Adjacent to theenlargement a. the holder is preferably reinforced by a partial sleeveembracing the tube. The enlargement is wide enough so that the base t ofthe type may pass through it. while the head of the type cannot, thehead being longer than the base. Accordingly to remove any particulartype, it is only necessary to shove the line length wise in the holderuntil the desired type stands at the enlargement a. then it may be Byhaving the holder substantially twice the length of a line of type andhaving the enlargement at the center of the holder.' it is possible toremove any type in such line by shifting it in one direction or theother.

F ig. 2 shows my typeholder coiiperat-ing with the printing machine. Theprinting machine shown consists of a rotary drum C mounted between framemembers D and D and adapted to be driven by a cranlt This drum has onits surface pai'allei overhanging rails which provide between themundercut channels adapted to receive the type. Through one of the endplates. as D. is a suitable-opening (Z adapted to receive the end of theholder A with the edges of the tube adjacent to the siot substantiallyalining with the adjacent edges of a pair In this position. it will be.readily seen that a line of type may be shoved from the holder onto thedrum or vice versa'.

My holder is not only useful in hand or very effective in assisting inmaking corfde a suitable stop for preventing been assembled on the drumrections in matter pre o'usly set on the drum. Assuming that a page oftype has a proof 5 type i bppoait'e the spe i'llg, and the line is the!)shoved fI OI H- thedrunl- 'int the. holder 'untll lfhe"p3v1tiCUj.lZg1type to" be corrected taken thereof, and 4%; 1s'- deemed to- COI 'xjec?,anj-*- particular letter; the holder is inserted in opening a .d thedrum is Irritated 1m being the d'es red" line f of comes Opposite theo'pel ling af'p Then; this nef, (:orre'ci'iqmsInlay be made with gi eatrapidity." A ,coxhpafisdn of the lenglzh otft' the rails'nh the lium andlnytypelloldef as v "1. A .porta Shem-11in Fl 2,, shQ'W'gillet-ypelmlder to be twiqe ll'lk len .11 0f: the rails, so that line'pf.the'dium may be po'sitibn ecl emf-he holder'fo br ing'any type-"thereinopposite ,the' opening a.

I claim is:

um. le ngtl'r-ofthe tube, 1115 tulle extehding Qn 'ea'ch side'of theenlargement -a .suflicie1 1t distance to hdld arse'rie's of \vor cls j I2. Ina flYpeh blder, the c'omblnatipn of a' tubehavingalongitudinalslot, an enla1 'ge- "meat in sai-dslm, an

like tiqbe' adjacent to the enlar egnnl;

. l 3;" [he eombiiiation with m ans forhold ing affalural'ity Oflines oftype in page form,

= .4. T e 'combinatlon wilh a-prinfii'ng machine li avingmean's forloljdin'g aplurality of lines of type,' a. cofipel a-tiug typeholderhavlng' means. for holdin'ga line'o'f substan f Ha ihg tliu'sdescribe'cl my invenfion whafa' reinfofe [around and a: qcoijperatingtyhehgldei 10f a lengtll substantially twice th'e 'X 'ull-hof the -page,f I and-an open'in'g adjacent to thefcenterw pf 0' a'icltially tRviee lhe length .of the pi'in tingmar chine lines, and allopening acljpcent 'to'the center of'said holder. I

l The 'combihat iim- "with a-v means for a 'l'lol'der for a Single l heof .type ada'ptedl'to forlredeivihg a line eub tanit-ially twice thesingle line holde having ,at 'Sqbstaht ially -m id,p0s'itl0n means vlereby any in divulual t) 3e mayberemovelr p l A typeholtlef.c'01nprisl11g fligllb llavlnghf a spying-clip embra'c llg l'll lube.

slot to' leave the slobunimpedetl.

Sxl-As a viiew afilicle',afihpltlel' -foiya siligle iml' vof Short hypeglfpved on-theilj' Opposite s iclee. cQIhpr-ising a-"rouncliubes qlltjby a slot parallel with th'ellaxi's of the tube, saidfl'prpjefing'tdwarclleach other and adapted while'the feet, of thetype ,Wilihln: thet-hbe and'out,ofcpntact -therewith, sald'lbt' 'h'oliling aplurality-dkbarallel'llnes oftype cp'ci1; er te; wYithi-any "of suchplurality of hues, .euZzh: js l nglelme holder havlng space.

length v of the lines in Tsudlmqpluralitjg' said ing a flb-ngiludinal'5km a'mdJa' Slzqp corneal extending td the extreme end "ofthetub,'

continuous movement bnto olypfi of: th

Wiring-the sp'agie xbet'ween its endgs acrllss the 5101; leaving 'hm'lparallel edges-0f material-

